In art, the obvious is a sin.

With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust.

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.

I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee.

Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.

The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

Unless a reincarnationist is willing to say there was a 'first generation' of souls created with the first humans, he is exposed to absurdity by the recency of human life on the planet.

One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.

That's like the fourth time I've been called a women in this past hour. It's really starting to boost my self-esteem.

I know how long I need to be working to make my dreams become a reality.

I will go anywhere, anytime, to meet with anyone to find common ground.

It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

Remember, in the vast infinity of life, all is perfect, whole, and complete... and so are you.

The world is an unfair place because of bullying. A lot of parents loose their children because of bullying next time think twice before bullying someone.

Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.

This is a universe that does not favor the timid.